Cushion pad for jewelry packing and shipping container



Jan. 17, 1956 w. J. THOMPSON 2,731,143

CUSHION PAD FOR JEWELRY PACKING AND SHIPPING CONTAINER Filed Aug. 9, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN V EN TOR.

y/Amj M ATTOR N EY Jan. 17, 1956 w. J. THOMPSON 2,731,143

CUSHION PAD FOR JEWELRY PACKING AND SHIPPING CONTAINER Filed Aug. 9, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY United States Pateffi Q CUSHION PAD FOR JEWELRY PACKING AND SHIPPING CONTAINER William J. Thompson, Cranston, R. I., assignor to C & M Mfg. Co., a corporation of Rhode Island Application August 9, 1952, Serial No. 303,579

3 Claims. (Cl. 206-75) The present invention relates to jewelry shipping and display containers and has particular reference to a novel cushion pad construction for mounting jewelry.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a jewelry container in which jewelry sold in sets is attractively arranged and mounted on different levels for display.

Another object of the invention is to provide a detachably insertable cushion pad for a jewelry container, having elevated integral jewelry mounting stands.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a detachably insertable jewelry display cushion pad with a one-piece foundation stamped out of cardboard or the like, the foundation having elevated portions.

With the above and other objects and advantageous features in view, the invention consists of a novel arrangement of parts, more fully disclosed in the detailed description following, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and more specifically defined in the claims appended thereto.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a jewelry container showing my novel cushion, the cover being in open position;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the cardboard foundation for my novel cushion;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank for the foundation of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the foundation, having support sides on the outside of the ridges;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the foundation with an open space between the ridges bridged over with cardboard;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a fourth embodiment of the foundation, without support sides under the ridges; and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a fifth embodiment of the foundation, including a flat bottom piece of paper.

it has been found desirable to provide a jewelry shipping and display container with a detachably inserted cushion pad having integral raised stands for mounting jewelry items to more attractively arrange them for display. To this end, I stamp a piece of cardboard or the like to form a foundation over which I drape and secure a piece of soft velvet-like cloth so that it covers the top of the foundation. The foundation is preferably stamped out in one piece and includes a flat area which rests against the base of the container bottom and upwardly projecting ridges which have forwardly and rearwardly sloping sides. These ridges are spaced apart, and when the foundation is draped with cloth, the space between forms a cushioned seat for jewelry items, while the forward sides of the ridges form raised stands for receiving associated jewelry items. The ridges may be reinforced by having vertical upstanding support sides, and although the fiat area may have an intervening open space, in which case the foundation is flexible when detached from the container, this open space is preferably bridged over with paper or cardboard so that portions maintain their shape at all times.

Referring to'the drawings, Fig/1 illustrates a je elry display container 10 embodying my invention and includes a cover 11, and a bottom 12 hingedly'secured thereto. The cover has a top 13, a front edge 14, a

rear edge 15, and side edges 16, 17, and the-bottom hasi a base 18, a front wall 19, a rear wall 20am side walls 21, 22, the front and side walls being cutback at their upper edges as shown at 23 for telescoping into the cover when the container is closed.

A cushion pad 24, seats snugly within the bottom, and

has a cardboard foundation 25 with a textile covering 26, see Figs. 2 and 3, and includes spaced upwardly extending triangular jewelry display stands 27, 28 having gently sloping front sections 29, 30 with punched holes 31, 32 steeply sloping rear sections 33, 34, and a soft hollow 35 intermediate the stands.

Referring now to Fig. 4, the cardboard foundation 25 of Fig. 1 is shown with the cloth covering removed, and comprises a front rectangular flat strip 36, a rear rectangular flat strip 37 in spaced relation, and spaced side strips bent upwardly into triangular form to provide two side upstanding ridges 38, 39 including punched holes 40, 41, on their forward sections, and support sides under each ridge as shown at 42, the foundation having a rectangular central opening 43.

The cardboard foundation 35, see Fig. 5 is folded from a blank 44 stamped out in one piece, the parts of the blank which form the foundation being indicated by the same numerals as in the folded portions of Fig. 4. The blank 44 has V cuts 47, 48 on the outer sides of the ridges 38, 39 and folds on 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 and 56 to facilitate folding into the form shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 illustrates another embodiment of a cardboard cushion foundation 57, has a forward strip 58, a rear strip 59, side ridges 60, 61 including punched holes 62, 63, support sides 64 on the outer sides of the ridges and a rectangular central opening 65.

Another embodiment of a cardboard cushion foundation is shown at 66 in Fig. 7 and has a flat generally T shaped portion 67, a rear strip 68 secured to the portion 67 by staples, and two ridges 69, 70 having punched holes 71, 72.

In Fig. 8 is illustrated still another embodiment of a cardboard cushion foundation 73 having front and rear strips 74, 75, two ridges 76, 77 having punched holes 78, 79, and a central rectangular hole 80. This modification is held in position when mounted in the container bottom, by contact of the front and rear strips with the front and rear walls of the bottom.

Fig. 9 shows an embodiment of a cardboard foundation 81 having front and rear strips 82, 83, two side ridges S4, 85 having punched holes 86, 87, a central rectangular cut-out portion 88, and a flat bottom backing sheet of paper 89 to which the strips 82, 83 are glued and which bridges across the cut-out portion 88.

it is now clear that the jewelry container includes a novel cushion pad for mounting jewelry items to more attractively display them to a purchaser. My coardboard foundation is easily constructed, at low cost, and when covered with cloth forms a cushion pad which is detachably inserted in the jewelry container. The upstanding stands provide raised mountings for jewelery items so that sets of jewelry, such as combination earring and necklace sets, are pleasingly set off by mounting the necklace in the hollow between the stands and securing the earrings on the elevated stands at each side of the necklace.

The foundations of Figs. 4, 6 and 7 result in cushion tun sten 256- the raised pads of'fixed shape and side with the parts held in rigid position for use in more expensive container'where uniformity is desired.

Although I have disclosed a specific constructional embodiment of the invention, it is obvious thatchanges in the size, shape and arrangement of the parts may be made to suit different requirements, without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as defined in the appendedclaims.

I claim:

1. In a cardboard foundation of'generally rectangular form adapted to be placed Within a box, having a rectangular central opening providing a rectangular front strip, a rectangular rear strip, and side ridges respectively connected to the front and rearstrip by fold lines, said side ridges each having an intermediate transverse fold line adjacent the rear strip, whereby said side ridges are adapted to be bent up into a front gently sloping section anda rear sharply sloping section of less length than the front section, said front' sloping sections having article attaching openings therethrough.

2. In the combination of claim 1, said side ridge front sections each having a support side of triangular form connected to the front section by a fold line.

3. In the combination of claim 2, said triangular support sides being positioned at the'inner' edges of the side ridge front sections, the outer edges of the front and rear sections sloping inwardly in V form.

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